- Adeline didn't know Doctor Emmerson she only knew Mrs. Emmerson
- Mrs. Emmerson was a friend of Adeline's for about for about 8-12 years
- She knew the Scotts as service for hire
- Adeline hired the scotts from Mrs.Emmerson
- she knew Scotts for about 4 or 5 years
- did business with Mrs. Emmerson, but Mr. Standford (her father) delivered them
- Adeline remembers paying Mrs. Emmerson for the scotts services,but when Mrs. Emmerson was out of town Mr.Russell paid Mr. Stanford
- Adeline didn't personally pay the Scotts for their work
- Adeline never knew the real owner of the slaves(Scotts)or where they were staying
- Adeline lived in Missouri, a slave state
- The scotts did mainly house work and yardwork
- No member of the Scott family was never beaten by Adeline or her husband
- Adeline never saw any bruises or anything on any of the Scott family members
- Adeline's testimony proved that Irene Emmerson claimed and held Dred and Harriet Scott as slaves.
- Samuel and Adeline were part owners of a grocery business called Russell and Bennett
- their grocery store was located at 82 Water Street in St. Louis
- Scotts worked in the store; Dred did heavy lifting for Mr. Russell and his partner and also made deliveries around the city
- rented Scotts from about 1841 to 1846
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